Funny, love this. I'll

- submitted by proswimmer on 04/24/2007

Funny, love this. I'll volunteer as life guard.

Our basement got flooded

- submitted by basementgurl on 04/24/2007

Our basement got flooded too. We're in CT, near Stamford. It was a total mess. Needless to say our plumber, contractor never showed up.

I hadn't thought about the swimming pool angle. Maybe we can charge admission to the local kids and pay for the new construction we'll need that way.

Let's face it, the recent

- submitted by Anonymous on 04/24/2007

Let's face it, the recent northeast rains were exceptional. Our basemtn is total mess. Not exactly a swimming pool, more like a terrarium for new wildlife. How do squirrels get in through the walls!?

I'm a life guard and I will

- submitted by lifeguard on 04/24/2007

I'm a life guard and I will not work in an unventilated indoor facility. If you break down a wall to the outside, OK.

By the way, I recommend 5 feet fences. Most towns only demand 3 feet, but what kid can't climb that?

I'm laughing because my town

- submitted by laughing on 04/24/2007

I'm laughing because my town (eastern PA) is so nuts with their regulations they probably would claim the basement was a new swimming pool. And they'd require a bunch of fees and inspections, then they'd condemn it and require us to rebuild it.

love this. maybe you can get

- submitted by Anonymous on 04/24/2007

love this. maybe you can get it to be an oversized hot tub. fewer town regs apply.

sorry. can't resist.

are you serious? your town

- submitted by Anonymous on 04/24/2007

are you serious? your town considers your basement a pool?

kidding. mine would. outside pittsburgh. we had a couple sprinklers going on our lawn last summer and the town fined us. they said we were operating a water park. no joke. we had to laugh. it was so absurd.

I'm afraid your lawn

- submitted by inspector on 04/24/2007

I'm afraid your lawn probably was a water park. In our town if you generate a certain amount of water you're considered to be running a business and taxed that way.

We had guests who used the toilet a lot. Suddenly we were operating a motel, or something.

What happened to the

- submitted by philosphyguy on 04/24/2007

What happened to the basement contractor? Isn't that the story? He does work, the place floods and next you've got a swimming pool.

At the very least he should have to serve as lifeguard until summer season starts, don't you think?

what does a 6 month old used

- submitted by curious on 04/24/2007

what does a 6 month old used porto san smell like? can't be too good. i'd be more worried 'bout that than the swimming pool issues

We had no water last week

- submitted by confused on 04/25/2007

We had no water last week during the rains. Today I go down to my basement and it's filled with water. How could that happen? It's been sunny the past few days and I'm at a loss.

I want to shut the door and just ignore it. Can I do that. What will happen down there?

Confused, you should shut

- submitted by guyexpert on 04/25/2007

Confused, you should shut the door and ignore it.If more people did that we'd have a happier world. Worst case the walls rot and everything disintegrates into a smelly cess pit. There'd be a lot of bacteria around. But So what. It's worth not having to pay attention to the basement any more.

jus throw some inner tubes

- submitted by Anonymous on 04/27/2007

jus throw some inner tubes down there and let the kids play all day. what could be better?

Basements are so so

- submitted by problemsolver on 04/27/2007

Basements are so so overrated. Water, animials, bugs, wires, who needs them. Make your living room the play room and you've got it solved. Our basement flooded 4 times last year. A raccoon family lived in a store room. Enough! We stopped using it. We filled it in. This year we've been blessedly calm.